1949-1956 Flashcards
What was the truman doctrine
An aid by the US providing 400 million dollars in aid to greece and turkey hiwever is had a secret undelining asking the world to choise democracy or communism
What was the marshall plan
A plan to increase econemys by providing 13 billion dollars to war torn countys providing aid to them it was also done to gain trust and loyalty.It lead to the US and USSR relationship getting worse
What was comecon
A group started in 1949 to stop the USSR from gaining influence in easten europe and was a copy of the marshell plan but for communist countrys
What was the Berlin Blockade
In june 1948 a Blockade in Berlin preventing The western side of berlin from having access to Trizonia
Operation vittles
Following the berlin blockade western allies decided to fly in supplys to west berlin knowing that the USSR couldnt shoot them down without starting another war and were able to fly in 1000 tones of supplies per day being able to fly in 170000 tonnes of supplys in their peak month of january 1949
When did starlin give in and remove the blockade
9 may 1949
When did the FRG unite
23 may 1949 the US,UK and France united their area on germany and had parlement and their own capitalist republic
When did the FRG unite
23 may 1949 the US,UK and France united their area on germany and had parlement and their own capitalist republic
GDR
The GDR was a response to the FDR in october but only communist countries accepted it and said it was the real germany
NATO
NATO was a organistatipn made by the western allies in 1949 agrreing that i
